Nameplate capacity
772 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#11
of 63 plants
In service since
1981
March 1981
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
- County
- Boone County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 3.47%
- Rank among coal plants in Kentucky
- #7 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 6018
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 772 MW | 600 MW | 1981 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Kentucky
| J K Smith | Natural gas | 938 MW |
| Cane Run | Natural gas | 807 MW |
| Marshall Energy Facility | Natural gas | 688 MW |
| R D Green | Natural gas | 586 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 772 MW solar plant and a 772 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Kentucky power plants · What Kentucky actually generates